Kamal lambasts 'flawed' NFC award distribution formula in NA

Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday criticised the formula of fund distribution under National Finance Commission (NFC) award — which is based on the size of every provinces’ population — as “flawed”. In his remarks during an address to the National Assembly, where a debate on the federal budget fiscal year 2026-27 was ongoing, Kamal noted that the NFC formula is 82 per cent population based. “What province will reduce its income by controlling the population?” he asked. “Balochistan is ...

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